Raking and picking up tool



Nov. 6, 193,4. A. LOPEZ 1,979,752

BAKING AND PICKING UP TOOL Filed Nov. 11, 1933 Patented Nov. 6, i93

awaits semis JANE HG lIllP "root Leonard A. lliopez, Wilmington,(Urilii. Application Noveanhcr ill, 1933, Serial No. ttlldlti tillaiins.

This invention relates to improvements in garden implements and pertainsparticularly to a raking device.

The primary object of the present inventionis s to provide a weed rakehaving associated therewith means for picking up and holding the weedswhereby the latter may be readily transferred to a receptacle.

A still iurther'object of the invention is to provide a rake and pick-upmeans having a novel mechanism for controlling the picking up andholding of leavesor weeds after the same have been gathered together.

The invention will be best understood from a consideration of thefollowing detailed description taken in connection with the accompanyingdrawing forming part 'of this specification, with the understanding,however, that the invention is not confined to any strict. conformitywith the modified so long as such changes or modifications mark nomaterial departure from the salient ieatures of the invention asexpressed in the appended claims.

in the drawing:- Figure 1 is a detail side elevation of a deviceconstructed according to theeinbodiment of this invention. Figure 2 isan enlarged sectional view talren on the line 2-2 of Figure l. Figure 3is a. fragmentary enlarged longitudinal section partly in detail takenthrough the handle. Figure 4 is a sectional view taken on the line H ofFigure 2. s5 Referring to the drawing wherein like numerals of referencedesignate corresponding parts throughout the several views, the numeral1 indicates generally the head portion of the weeder device embodyingthe present invention while the numeral 2 designates the handletherefor.

The head 1 comprises an arcuate body 3 which is preferably formed ofsheet metal and along one longitudinal edge of the body are formed thepointed teeth l. This sheet metal body consti 5 tutes a receiver forweeds or the like when the device is in use, the teeth 4 operating asrakes to pick up the out weeds from the ground.

The handle 2 is of tubular design and is secured at one end in anysuitable manner to the longttudinal edge of the body 3 opposite the edgein.

which the teeth 4 are formed and at a point intermediatethe endsthereof. As will be seen, the upper or top part of the body 3 curvesslightly upwardly from the handle and then curves forwardly anddownwardly so that the forward end showing of the drawing but may bechanged or (Git ends) of the handle, which is open-will be disposed insuch a manner that a shafts, which is slidably disposed therein may beprojected forwardly into the interior of the head. This shaft at itsforward end hasformed integral therewith the cross bar co 6 which isdesigned to be brought into contact with the inner face of the body 3,as illustrated.

The opposite end or the shaft 5 projects from the free end of thetubular handle 2 and terminates in the ring-7 which serves as a meansfor 35 gripping the shaft so that the same may he realily movedlongitudinally. The openings through the ends of the tubular handle 2may be of sufiicient size only to permit the snugpassage of the shaft 5thercthroug'h. Adjacent the outer end to of the handle 2, there isformed in the wall there of the elongated opening I! and projectingthrough this opening, is a lever 8, which at its inner end is secured toa ring 9 which surrounds and is slidable upon the shaft 5.- This ring isn adapted to have circumferential movement on the shaft 5 so that thehandle or lever 8 may he moved into and out of any one of the notchesll. after making the necessary adjustment longi tudinally of the shaft.

The ring 9 is normally engaged by one end cl a coil compression spring12 which surrounds the shaft and which is secured thereto, as indicatedat 13. The other end or this spring is secured to the handle 2 in themanner illustrated. Since. the normal tendency of the spring is toemand, will thus be seen thatit will constantly tend to urge the shaft 5rearwardly oi and in the handle 2 so as to remove the head 6 fromengagement with the portion 3 of the device. The end of the springagainst which the ring 9 abuts thus operates as a shoulder and it willbe readily apparent that the ring 9 may be easily rotated about theshaft 5 in order to engage the lever 8 in one of the notches in thehandle. e5

Disposed to extend from one end of the head plate 3 to the other acrossthe teeth i and ar ranged obliquely of the row of teeth, is a knife orcutting blade 13, which is detachably secured to the teeth d in anysuitaioile manner, as for example, by the use of the countersunk screws14.

From the foregoing description, it will be readily apparent that in theuse of the weeder device, the shaft 5 will be drawn rearwardly or urgedrearwardly by the spring 11 so as to remove the portion 6 from againstthe head i and in this position, when the toothed portion oi the head isdrawn over the surface of the ground, the weeds will be cut away and atthe same time raked up so as to collect in the concave portion oi thehead. g

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After the concave portion has become sufficiently tacle designed toreceive the weeds and upon the disengagement of the handle 8 from thenotch 11 in which it is engaged, they will be released by the bar anddeposited. l a

It will also be apparent and understood that while the present inventionhas been described in association with means for cutting weedsor thelike, it may be readily employed for gathering up leaves or othermaterial which may be lying loose upon the ground.

What is claimed is:-

1. A device of the character described, comprising an elongated arcuateimperforate body, teeth formed along one longitudinal edge thereof, ahandle secured at one end to the other longitudinal edge, said handlebeing tubular, a shaft extending through and shiftable in said tubularhandle, a bar secured transversely of the forward end of the shaft andopposing the concave surface of the body, a lever carried by the'shaftand passing laterally through an opening in the wall of the hollowhandle, means engageable by said lever for securing the same in aselected position of adjustment longitudinally of the handle, and springmeans connected with the shaft and normally tending to shift the same inone direction through said handle;

2. A device of the character described, comprising an elongated arcuatebody,teeth formed along one longitudinal edge of the body, a tubularhandle secured at one end to -the opposite longitudinal edge of thebody, a shaft extending through and shiftable in the tubular handle, abar carried by the shaft at one end and disposed in opposed relation tothe concave side of the body, said handle having an opening through thewall thereof adjacent its free end, notches formed along one edge ofsaid opening, a ring member surrounding said shaft, a lever carried bythe ring member and extending through the opening in the handle forselective engagement in said one longitudinal edge of the body, atubular handle secured atone end to the opposite longitudinal edge ofthe body, a shaft extending through and shiftable in the tubular handle,means carried by the shaft at one end for engaging the body and holdingthe same against the concave side of the body, said handle having anopening in the wall thereof adjacent the end remote from the arcuatebody, a spring surrounding said shaft and disposed-within the handle, amember, surrounding the shaft and freely movable thereon, a levercarried by said member and extending through the opening in the handle,means for seelectively securing said lever in any position of adjustmentlongitudinally of the handle, and means secured to the shaft againstwhich said member abuts to facilitate the movement of the shaft in onedirection and the compression of the spring.

LEONARD A. LOPEZ.-

